LAST DAY!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZedZ2Vw7Fqk

divorce    annulment    annul     flirt    flirty     move in together     draw someone to you     repel     hot     Irish Potato Famine     hot     naked      get something squared away     groovy     black light  

Listen for things girls don't like  

Final Week

Monday:  Test on Green Tea and one academic lecture from Randall's ESL lab.

• Prepare for the test on Green Tea by:
•  completing Activity 10 on pages 164 & 165
• completing Activity 12 on pages 165 & 166
• comparing your notes to the notes on page 195
• Prepare for the second part of the test by going to http://www.esl-lab.com/  and listening to as many of the Listening Quizzes for Academic Purposes as you can.  Your test will be one of these. 

Tuesday/Wednesday:  Small group discussions* Refer to handout from Debbie.  Partners:  Hauk/Aaron; Michael/Pin; Tomoko/June; Amy/Yan; Pamela/Leeza/Brandon Lee; JF/Olive; Brandon Bae/Frodo; Ming/Andersen; Iliass/Chuong
Thursday:  Get your grades

Lab Activity, November 22

ALL GROUPS:

1.        The History of Thanksgiving    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt6pxrPInsU 

GROUP A:

2.       Thanksgiving Day http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2yeQs8gXo0&feature=related

3.       Thanksgiving Becomes a Holiday  http://www.history.com/videos/history-of-the-thanksgiving-holiday#thanksgiving-becomes-a-holiday

GROUP B:   

4.       The REAL Thanksgiving Story http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTuFKisYnm8

5.       Thanksgiving Day Parade http://www.history.com/videos/history-of-the-thanksgiving-holiday#history-of-the-thanksgiving-day-parade

GROUP C: 

6.       Current Thanksgiving Meal Traditions Develop http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21xO-BLPi5w

7.       Thanksgiving History Versus Myth  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ugc1frZUDg&feature=relmfu

8.       Understanding the First Thanksgiving http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P7vnZ9r-Es&feature=relmfu

English Language Videos

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/jay_walker_on_the_world_s_english_mania.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/patricia_ryan_ideas_in_all_languages_not_just_english.html 

Lab Activity, November 14

http://www.sonnyradio.com/lastlecture.html 

Listen as many times as you want and take notes.  You may discuss and compare notes with another student at any time.   At 3:30, I will give you a quiz to complete using your notes.

Remember go to BE 4106 on Wednesday!  Tom is lecturing on the history of the English language.

Benefits of Green Tea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIOfpkbmf1k   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAqmD8ExB8w&feature=related

Lab Work, November 8

1)  You Tube:  How do we know the Age of Things? (part 1 of 2) (9:59) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2XBFQKsQEI&feature=player_embedded 

               

2) You Tube:  Carbon Dating (2:10) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31-P9pcPStg

3) You Tube:  How do we know the Age of Things? (part 2 of 2) (8:44)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNOHKNMjv2A&feature=related

Clan of the Cave Bear

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOKbwa_xtxo

Lab Activity, November 1

Occupy Wall Street  

• http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7383001n
• http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7386520n
• http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2011/10/29/nat-candiotti-occcupy-weather.cnn
• http://politics.videosift.com/video/Paul-Krugman-Occupy-Wall-Street-has-changed-the-coversation

Listen for 25 minutes. 
Discuss the questions with your partner.
Take a True/False Quiz. 

Halloween History

Halloween History

http://www.history.com/video.do?name=halloween

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-VRAemIvbI 

Friends
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=5ULAVBCprZw

Lab Work, October 25

The Three A's of Awesome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajKMkIXN1eg  

• Listen and answer the questions. 
• Go to http://www.esl-lab.com/ if you finish early!

Randall's Listening Lab

Great listening practice with quizzes!  Test yourself and see the improvement. 
http://esl-lab.com/ 

Optional Listening on Depression

Listen to these to help prepare for Wednesday's lecture and/or Thursday's quiz.
  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeZCmqePLzM  What is Depression?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=yJKSfRKBzw0  Causes of Depression

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVEueGutbSs&feature=related  Treating Depression

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmf-hYE1uPI&feature=related  Teen Depression Warning Signs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JMYWiAaiQs&feature=related  College Depression

Lab Work, Tuesday, October 18

Depression 

• You will be assigned to listen to ONE chapter.  Listen as many times as you can and make note of the main ideas and major details.  After 30 minutes, you will summarize the information you have for other students.  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/takeonestep/depression/video-ch_06_vid.html?tos=vid&filetype=wmv&bandwidth=_hi 

Homework for Friday, October 21

Watch any video from 2010 or 2011.  You must watch one 45 - 55 minute story this week.  We will have the same assignment next week, so if you want to choose a longer story you can finish it next week.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view/ 

Lab Work October 11

Go to the following links and try to get the information on your worksheet.  Listen to all of them again to prepare for tomorrow's lecture in BE 4106.

1.     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwWi0zdF7wk  American Revolution

2.       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C11UNF_g6_k&feature=related    Pt 3

3.       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRsW0QS1kk8&feature=related  Pt. 4

Homework
Watch the video below for more information on the video.

•      Who was King George?
•      What happened on April 19, 1775?
•      What were the colonists fighting for?

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/27981-assignment-discovery-american-revolution-video.htm

Homework for Friday, October 14

Go to the National Geographic website and choose one of the full-length videos.  They are all about 45 minutes long.  Take notes for Friday. 

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/national-geographic-channel/ 

Pet Videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2oOtAEJR58 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMhdt4_luLI 

 

Homework for October 7

FRONTLINE WORLD

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/bytheme.html

Choose videos with different themes (Art and Culture, Environment, etc.). Total viewing time must be ~ 45 minutes. (Videos range from 7 – 20 minutes) There are 11 themes including Arts &Culture, Conflict & Violence, and Environment.

*Each video must have a different theme

1. Take notes
2. Write 2 discussion questions for each story

Lab Activities, Tuesday October 4

Watch this video on the Cornell Notetaking method.

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/videos/video_ntcap.htmlmouth.edu/~acskills/videos/video_ntcap.html

Try it Out...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RywvysxnSc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AARGe3y-VCs&feature=related 

Homework for Friday, September 30

WELCOME TO LECTURE COMP!  Below is the link to your first note-taking assignment.

http://video.nytimes.com/ Take notes on three (3) different stories from the New York Times website. The first two are assigned.  The third one is your choice.

Go the NY Times video website. You should type the titles in the SEARCH box in the upper right.

1. Getting by, USA
2. A Humanitarian Catastrophe
3. Your choice